Puttee.



A. H. WOLFE.

PUTTEE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27. 1915.

1 ,538. Patented Nov. 19; 1918.

hum/or.

ABRAHAM HARRY WOLFE, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Application filed November 27, 1915. Serial No. 63,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM HARRY l/VOLFE, of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puttees; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates particularly to puttees for military service, and it has for its object to provide a closely clinging spiral non-frayable compact article, capable of being manufactured in large quantities and at a comparatively low cost.

My improved puttee consists of a curved or spiral bias-strip of felt-cloth; and the method I prefer to follow in the manufacture of the puttee consists in cutting a series of straight puttee blanks on the bias from a web of felted cloth, and these blanks are subsequently curved.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the calf of a leg with my improved puttee in place.

Fig. 2 illustrates a web of felted cloth puttee blanks indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 illustrates a pair of puttees.

Figs. 4 and 5 enlarged detail devices on the opposite ends of one of my improved puttees.

Considerable discomfort has been experienced on active service and during training owing to the fraying of the puttees and owing to the fact that they do not cling to the leg properly the appearance of the leg was not trim. In order to overcome these defects I have produced a puttee which has a tendency owing to its peculiar manufacture, to cling to the leg, and the edges of which will not fray.

The cut blanks are then curved to present v spiral form when wound on the leg, by a molding process wherein the blank is dampened then subjected to the action of a heated pressing device and one edge is shrunk to substantially reduce the edge about 7 per cent. in length, the pressure flattening out the putt-ee and resulting in the curved or spiral form.

The puttees are furnished in rights and lefts by curving them oppositely. The ends are reinforced by foldin one end portion upon itself and stitching it down, the opposite end being finished by stitching down both corners as if on the same side of the puttee as the end portion thus making this end pointed. and a tape is stitched to the pointed end of the puttees at the opposite side from that upon which the corners are folded down and it is stitched in place with several inches of its length overlapping the puttee end. The right and left puttees have the tapes at opposite ends, and the marks R and L are placed at the ends e.

What I claim is as follows The manufacture of puttees consisting in cutting on the bias a series of straight parallel sided blanks from a web of felted cloth,

ldamping each blank and subjecting one edge thereof to the action of a heated pressing device whereby said edge is reduced in length, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

ABRAHAM HARRY WOLFE.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH DECKER, GERTRUDE AIZANMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

